Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:22:30 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Goerss Subject: Northewestern emphasis year -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Department of Mathematics at Northwestern University is holding an emphasis year in algebraic topology during the academic year 2001-2002. This year will follow the pattern established by the long series of highly succesful years held here in the past. In particular we have: 1.) Two Boas Assistant Professorships designated as part of this year. Applications are being reviewed now, but the application process is not closed; interesting applications (in algebraic topology) will still be considered. These are intended as postdocs for recent Ph.Ds. 2.) Some funds for visits of various lengths. The exact amount is yet to be determined, pending the resolution of various grant proposals. We invite interested parties to contact one of the organizers below. 3.) There will be a conference in March of 2002, probably in the week of March 24. At this point we envision a week-long conference with a substantial number of participants. A more detailed announcement of this conference will be made later. Our intention is to make participation as broad as possible, with "algebraic topology" defined to include such areas as modular representation theory and algebraic K-theory, and, of course, the more traditional areas of study, such as homotopy theory. Paul Goerss Eric Friedlander Stewart Priddy